Name Yearbook

Top baby names in South Dakota, 1939

Recorded as girls

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Mary	215
2	Sharon	154
3	Shirley	140
4	Carol	138
5	Barbara	124
6	Janice	123
7	Donna	110
8	Betty	108
8	Karen	108
10	Marilyn	94
10	Patricia	94
12	Beverly	78
13	Darlene	77
14	Phyllis	71
15	Joyce	69
16	Janet	65
17	Dorothy	63
18	Judy	60
19	Marlene	58
20	Joan	55
20	Judith	55
20	Margaret	55
23	Lois	53
24	Norma	49
25	Sandra	48
26	Bonnie	45
26	Delores	45
26	Nancy	45
29	Ruth	44
30	Virginia	42
31	Kay	41
32	Connie	40
33	Elaine	39
33	Joann	39
35	Alice	37
35	Helen	37
37	Deanna	36
38	Carolyn	35
39	Jean	34
39	Rose	34
41	Doris	33
41	Gloria	33
43	Charlotte	31
43	Linda	31
45	Jeanette	30
45	Yvonne	30
47	Audrey	29
48	June	28
48	Marjorie	28
50	Carole	26

Recorded as boys

Rank	Name	Babies
1	Robert	253
2	James	218
3	Larry	190
4	Richard	177
5	Donald	165
6	John	152
7	William	131
8	Ronald	123
9	Gary	114
10	Roger	113
11	David	108
12	Jerry	103
13	Kenneth	101
14	Dennis	91
15	Gerald	90
16	Charles	89
17	Thomas	69
18	Dale	63
19	Eugene	61
20	George	58
21	Duane	53
21	Paul	53
23	Marvin	50
24	Gene	44
24	Leroy	44
26	Edward	42
27	Harold	41
27	Michael	41
29	Wayne	40
30	Lawrence	39
31	Raymond	37
32	Gordon	36
32	Stanley	36
34	Joseph	35
35	Harlan	32
36	Douglas	31
36	Jack	31
36	Jim	31
36	Lyle	31
40	Jerome	29
40	Leonard	29
42	Darrell	28
43	Terry	27
44	Clifford	25
44	Melvin	25
44	Vernon	25
47	Dean	24
48	Allen	23
48	Francis	23
48	Frank	23